Nagarathna Memorial Grant

I am creating a yearly ₹1,00,0001 micro-grant to support something meaningful. Grant is named after my mother - Nagarathna. The reason for grant could be anything as long its meaningful to you and people around. Though I prefer free and open source or creative commons projects, It's not a must. It's a no strings attached grant.

ನಾಗರತ್ನ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಅನುದಾನ - Nagarathna Memorial Grant
ನಾಗರತ್ನ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಅನುದಾನ - Nagarathna Memorial Grant

Current Status

Nagarathna Memorial Grant – 2024 Open for Applications. Open till March/15th 2024.

Grantees

2023

NMG - 2023 - Results announcement blog post.

  • Kid from neighborhood - Higher Education
  • Garima Bhatia - Handbook for Bird Educators - Kannada
  • Pooja Dhingra - Compassion Contagion
  • Soumya Mishra - Atypical Dikkattein, Podcast
  • Afrah Asif - Research expenditure
  • Pragathi Ravi - For a news story expenditure

Total grant for 2023 was Rs. 2,70,000. Thanks to Nemo and Shweta for additional grant support.

2022

NMG+GSUS – 2022 – Results announcement blog post.

  • Anisha Jayadevan - The Living Museum Book
  • Nita Shashidharan - PHD Student
  • Shruti Viswanathan - The Equals Project Podcast
  • Shreyas R. Krishnan - South Asian Avant-Garde (SAAG) Anthology
  • Bharti Lalwani - Bagh-e Hind

Total grant for 2022 was Rs. 2,50,000. Thanks to Nemo and Gangadhar for additional grant support.

2021

2021 - Nagarathna Memorial Grant + GSUS Grant Results announcement blog post.

Total grant for 2022 was Rs. 2,50,000. Thanks to Gangadhar for additional grant support.

2020

2020 - Nagarathna Memorial Grant Results announcement blog post.

Total grant for 2022 was Rs. 1,25,000. Thanks to anonymous for additional grant support.

2019

2019 - Nagarathna Memorial Grant Results announcement blog post.

2018

2018 - Nagarathna Memorial Grant Results announcement blog post.

  • Vasundhara Social Welfare Society
  • IndSciComm
  • Banwasi Seva Ashram
  • Kid in our neighborhood

FAQ

What type of projects?

Any kind of project2 as long as you are passionate about it. Some examples are

  • You want to work on that FOSS project for a month or two
  • You want to take an internship that you can't afford or visa that you can't afford
  • You want to take a small course or a workshop that will help you
  • School fees for a kid you know who can't afford
  • As initial fund for setting up pension scheme for a person you know who can't afford

Who can apply?

Anyone, from anywhere.

No strings attached?

Yes, No strings attached. I give 50% of promised at the beginning and 50% later.

Will I get full?

As much as you require with upper limit total microgrant sum. Let's say the workshop you are taking costs ₹50,000, then its ₹50,000. We can give the rest to someone else.

How can I apply?

Usually involves filling up a small form with the following details. You will get access to the form when the application is open.

  1. Full Name, Email and Phone
  2. What would you use this grant for?
  3. Anything else that you want to tell me

Important Dates

  1. Jan 14 every year - Application process opens
  2. Mar 14 every year - Application process closes
  3. April 14 every year - Announcement

Keep me informed

We have an announcement only list to keep you updated about the grant related information.
To subscribe to the list, send an email to nmg-announce+subscribe@thejeshgn.com and to unsubscribe from this list, send an email to nmg-announce+unsubscribe@thejeshgn.com
This is probably the best way.

Logos

There are options available choose whichever you like or fits your need. I usually use the standard color logo.

ನಾಗರತ್ನ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಅನುದಾನ - Nagarathna Memorial Grant
Logo with white text and transparent background
ನಾಗರತ್ನ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಅನುದಾನ - Nagarathna Memorial Grant
Standard color logo, with transparent background
Black logo with transparent background
White logo with transparent background

Endnotes

  1. For a while I will stick to 1 Lakh
  2. Sometimes they may not be projects
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